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This is almost as bad as that time he posted coldplay lyrics
lol indazone with the facepalm.
This is almost as bad as that time he posted coldplay lyrics
And so castles made of sand,
fall in the sea eventually
a little indian brave who before he was ten
played war games in the woods with his indian friends
and he built a dream that when he grew up
he would be a fearless warrior indian chief
many moons passed and the dream grew strong until tomorrow
he would sing his first war song
and fight his first battle but something went wrong
surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night
and so castles made of sand
melts into the sea eventually
Uh huh...cause Morey had nothing to do with that decision right? LOL
And don't tell me that you don't know how Morey thinks..players are chips to be bought and sold. You always try to trade up for younger better talent. Moneyball is about getting undervalued assets and Morey runs the draft to get the best talent available. You might keep them and then again, you might trade them away to get what you want. An undervalued asset.
Houston Rockets General Manager Carroll Dawson announced today that the team has acquired forward/guard Shane Battier from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for forward Stromile Swift and the draft rights to Connecticut forward Rudy Gay, who was selected by the Rockets with the eighth overall selection in the 2006 NBA Draft
Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/battier-g...#ixzz0ia0DaTUa
As a Rockets fan, you SHOULD know better than that. With all the moves Morey has made, NONE of them resemble Carroll Dawson's
Don't be fooled or you'll fall into the moron pool.
Seems you're already there
LOL @ Indazone thinking Morey ( a MIT graduate) who uses a precise system to predict who will be able to fit in their system, would make a dumbass trade like that
Morey has already stated a lot about the Battier for Gay trade. He was on board.
For instance, from a sidebar to Friedman's main article, here's some background into how it is the Rockets came to trade red-hot prospect Rudy Gay for Shane Battier:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-shane-battier
Here's a small glimpse at what they saw: When Battier was on the court, his team
Scored more
Rebounded better
Fouled less
Allowed fewer points
Shot better
Decreased their opponent's shooting percentage
In other words, he was exactly the type of player the numbers said they had to have.
"He definitely stood out in all the methods we use," says Morey. "He's someone who creates a large margin over who he's guarding. In the NBA, it's not how many points you score, it's what you do with each time down the floor. And when Shane uses a possession, it's always a high number of points are scored. And when Shane's guarding someone, not many points are scored when the other team uses the possession on the other end of the floor. When he played versus not over his years in Memphis, the team was about eight points per game better, a very significant margin."
What we're getting from this is that Battier is doing "the little things." Or "playing smart." Or, essentially, doing the things that win basketball games -- whatever they are -- but don't show up in the traditional box score.
SO YEAH MOREY MAKES A DUMBASS TRADE LIKE THAT
An ASSISTANT General Manager was on board with what the General Manager told him to do, what a surprise!!!
First of all, Carroll Dawson was all about building around Yao and Tracy, which was fine when they were healthy. AND TERRIBLE WHEN THEY WEREN'T. Morey was hired by the Rockets on April 3rd, 2006. The draft was in June of 2006, so, Morey, not being in charge, had little to no say in that trade, because it was not HIS team to run yet
Back when he was assistant GM, Morey helped to direct the draft day deal that sent Stromile Swift and the rights to Rudy Gay to the Grizzlies for Battier because Morey's numbers showed that when the fundamentally sound forward is on the court, his team is better at scoring, rebounding, shooting, limiting fouls and stopping opponents from scoring.
"Everyone wants Kevin Garnett—he's got the perfect height, body, mentality—but most times, you're going to have to do with less," Morey says. "Behind Yao and Tracy, we've been willing to give up an inch of height, let's say, for more skill, a person who plays harder and creates for others, who defends and rebounds well." Morey's "basketball players" don't pop off a stat sheet, but they give coach Rick Adelman interchangeable and versatile parts that are capable of creating offensive and defensive advantages. "Chuck can guard anyone from 1 to 5; Shane can play 2, 3 or 4; Luis Scola can play 3, 4 or 5; and Brent Barry can go 1, 2 or 3," Morey says. "We're limited only by our strategic insight."
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&gl=us
You're move DJohn
Morey came in, had to deal with players that did not fit his system of play, and had NO choice but to build around him. Again, Carroll Dawson selected Yao, made the trade for Tracy. Do you hear me? Carroll Dawson. Morey has stated that Yao isn't his type of player, Tracy never was. Shane was supposed to be the glue guy, but couldn't be while Yao and Tracy were always hurt. Now Rudy Gay, I say one last time, Carroll Dawson made the goddamn trade, Carroll Dawson
So what if Dawson made the trade. He was General Manager at the time. I"m saying that Morey was instrumental as part of the team to convince the Rockets management of trading for Battier. Done.
SMGH, I'll slow it down for you, simpleton....Carroll Dawson selected Yao ming in 2002. Carroll Dawson traded for Tracy in 2004. Carroll was about "THE BIG NAME" type of player. You put 2 injury plagued players around each other, then you have no team. BTW, Dawson put such a ty cast of players around them. Now for Morey, he came into a situation where the foundation of the team was already set. Under this notion, and while McGrady and Yao were teammates, the Rockets were always in a "win-now" mode, so that's why DAWSON made the trade. Morey had no choice, the Rockets were in a win now mode, not wait and see how the player develops mode. It was Dawson's fault for acquiring such injury prone players, and not surrounding them with talent when they were healthy. Gay should have been a Rocket, but Dawson forced them into that position, not Morey
Morey is all about developing the player
That trade was legit. Dumping swift and using the money to bring in Bonzi as well as Battier. Case and point, check the box score last night...Rudy Gay sucks.
gay does suck and stop being an idiot indazone. Do you honestly think that trade translates to all the other trades morey had made? If anything CD did it for JVG and tmac who asked for the trade.
That was Morey's trade, it was pretty much known that CD was just holding the seat at that point, and Morey and his analytics had Shane as a very undervalued player.
They took it to CD and Les, they agreed if we could dumb Swift's contract too....the Rockets did not want Gay, they wanted Roy, and if not him then Thebo Sefalosha...
The Battier trade was Morey all the way.
As much as I like Morey, he has not hit on everything......Joey Dorsey was a miss, Jermaine Taylor is looking like a miss, but overall the dude has been nails.
DD
JT is a rookie; Dorsey had poor work ethics.
Yes as I said, he has not hit on everything...JT has time to develop, but he looks pretty lost out there, like he doesn't understand the game.
Time will tell.
DD
Wrong, morey had him listed as an undervalued player, but it was tmac who asked management to trade the lottery pick for a vet because he wanted to win now, he did the same in orlando and left when they didn't do it with dwight.
Morey isn't a hit on every thing, but his hits FAR outweigh his misses. You really expect the guy to find all stars with every mid 2nd round pick?
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